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NIH Office Of Dietary Supplements Keeps Tabs On What DSHEA Wrought For US Consumers

Marking 25 Years, ODS Staff Note Room For Improvement In Supplement Market

 
• By Malcolm Spicer

While working to improve the quality of VMS products available in the US and to provide information on the products to consumers, the ODS doesn’t have authority to impose change on the industry or in the marketplace.

• Source: NIH

The National Institutes of Health’s Office of Dietary Supplements is doing all it can to help improve the US vitamin, mineral and supplement market, an area where it sees a lot of room for improvement.

Sponsoring research on potential health benefits from vitamins, minerals and other nutrients and compiling databases of labels and of

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